Architect to present plan on how to save historic high school from bulldozer

Tuesday night could bring good or bad news to a group of Boynton Beach residents who are very passionate about saving the historic high school.

Architect Rick Gonzalez is expected to present his ideas to the City Commission and the public on how he plans to save the high school from demolition. He has to come up with both a physical plan and a financial plan, and then the commissioners will decide whether to approve it.

In August, the commissioners voted to demolish the building. Soon after, Gonzalez came forward with interest in saving the building and the commissioners gave him four months to come up with a plan.

Gonzalez presented a portion of his plan in December to a group of residents at the city library.

He plans to make the building a cultural arts community center. In December, Gonzalez was tight-lipped on the financial aspect of the plan and called it “challenging.” Protecting the building from further damage will cost about $600,000. Restoring the building to make it open to the public would be about $6 million, Gonzalez said.